The well anticipated
éclairs were back on the menu in this months baking club. Were our ladies
shooed away by the choux pastry? The answer is no! Now as we recall they had ‘heat
issues’ last time and the aforementioned éclairs did not make the grade. So,
this time round they switched recipe, one that did not involve the potential for
‘heat issues’ …
Well they did
not let themselves down and more importantly the Women’s Institute and offered
up some mighty choux buns worthy of a Paul Hollywood handshake. Once those beasties
were all dressed up for the occasion, smothered in a thick layer of chocolate
and filled with cream, not only did they look good but tasted good too. Well
done ladies … now the next question is when are you bringing some round for us?
Our ladies approach
every bake with stoicism and when faced with a tricky situation they don’t back
down, they get back out there and try again. Remember to bake a cake, you first
need to brake a few eggs. Riding high on their choux pastry success, one of the
ladies even toyed with the idea of revisiting the Battenberg cake! Let’s just
say that’s fighting talk; we have the images of their Battenberg cake in our photo
library, it’s not pretty ...
For more
information on baking club and this year’s recipes head on over to our baking page.
